Album of (upper) Bacon Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Jerry Austin from our 29 March 2023 spider collecting trip to the effective end of Bacon Creek Road, just inside Whatcom County, Washington. We were apparently the first people to reach this point this spring, but despite lovely early-spring weather and dry habitats, spiders were extremely sparse, and we came away with a disappointing 18 species! However, we had fun and a very pleasant outing, and the poor sample will be easy to supplement as an adjunct to another trip.
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March 2023 spider site on Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington Whitehorse Mountain from Darrington, Washington on 29 March 2023
Our field site all surrounded by green        (NAIP, 2020) Whitehorse Mountain from Darrington                   © Rod Crawford
Jerry Austin sawing a windfall branch, Bacon Creek Road, Whatcom County, Washington trimmed windfall over Bacon Creek Road, Whatcom County, Washington
Clearing windfalls from the road: Jerry saws a branch  © Rod Crawford Tree a bit big for my little saw, but we trimmed down-pointing branches   © Rod Crawford
Jerry's net (formerly Jon Pelham's) by forest road near Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington Our tire tracks in formerly virgin snowpatch, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Lonely net leans against massive log         © Jerry Austin Our tire tracks were the first in fast-melting snow                 © Rod Crawford
mixed leaf litter on riparian forest floor, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington sifter at brink of gully, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Leaf litter abundant but nearly spider-free  © Rod Crawford I parked sifter at brink of erosion gully in road            © Rod Crawford
moss on tree trunk, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington moss on trees, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Moss!            © Rod Crawford And more moss!                  © Rod Crawford
bridge railing, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington bridge over Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Bridge railing habitat                © Rod Crawford Bridge over Bacon Creek                            © Rod Crawford
female Bathyphantes alascensis from under bark, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington bark peeling from log, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Bathyphantes alascensis from under bark   © Rod Crawford Bark peeling from log                         © Rod Crawford
western hemlock foliage, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington Creek (downstream) from bridge, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage, 2nd best habitat  © Rod Crawford Bacon Creek downstream from Bacon Creek bridge              © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sorting a conifer beat catch, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington winterized sword ferns, Bacon Creek, Whatcom County, Washington
Rod sorts through a hemlock-beat catch    © Jerry Austin Sad-looking sword ferns plastered against the bank                 © Rod Crawford
mossy maple tree along Bacon Creek Road, Whatcom County, Washington Jerry Austin investigates possible obstacle on Bacon Creek Road, Whatcom County, Washington
Mossy maple along the roadside        © Rod Crawford Jerry got out to investigate an old rockslide on the road     © Rod Crawford
sunset reflects from Gold Mountain, Darrington, Washington, 29 March 2023 Sunset from Darrington, Washington on 29 March 2023
Sunset reflects off Gold Mountain, E of Darrington    © Rod Crawford I turned around and there was the sunset itself                © Rod Crawford

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